Until you can come out and visit us at GreenWay, imagine the natural background sounds of birds and leaves rustling; sensing the smell and feel of the fresh air and breezes, because without it is hard to capture the entire beauty of the land and atmosphere at GreenWay.

Our goal at GreenWay is to make this a recreational community and a safe place for kids to grow up and live in natural wonder. Join us on a visual tour of the land and it's many wonders.

The plat shows the layout of GreenWay. All areas in green are community land, roads are in beige and the lots in white. All land in green will remain that way forever as pasture, gardens and forest.

2.GreenWay is blessed with a year-round stream. It is a place to cool off and play. Here is resident pooch Beamer enjoying the cool stream.

3. This photo was taken standing on the shoulder of the driveway and looking Northward toward Mountain View Road (hidden by the trees along the stream in summer). This is the Sycamore grove and site of the future ball field, or picnic area. This land lays nicely for a driving range if any members of the community want to practice their swing. All this land is available for seasonal grazing and is community owned. It will remain undeveloped — forever.

This road sign is Sweet Grass Lane. You can also faintly see the home on Lot 1, 16 WingWalker Way hidden behind the trees to the right in the photograph.

4. Looking eastward, across the valley you see one of two community owned barns that can be used as a stable. There are approximately 16 acres of community pasture available. The Jefferson National Forest has riding trail-heads nearby. This stable is near lot 6.

6. Poultry has played an important role in GreenWay evolution. These layers provide organic, pasture-range, home-grown eggs. They live in a mini-barn which is on skids and can be re-located.
The chickens' job is to keep the goat bedding fluffed up and the barn clean and odor free.

Goats at GreenWay also live in the mini-barn which is currently located so the caprine walking lawn mowers have access to the 8 acre forest.

7. This is a 60x60 (3,600 sq.ft.) community pole barn. This pole barn is currently used as the builders shop and tool storage. It belongs to the Home Owners Association. The long term plan is for the HOA to remodel this barn into the community center. It is valued at aboiut $65,000 as is.

9. Goats in GreenWay help to keep the underbrush cleared in the 8 acre forest. They love to eat the invasive plants such as multi-flora rose and poison ivy.

10. Added to the beauty of the forest are many rock outcroppings that are Nature's works of art. The diversity of topography on the land is almost as endless and dynamic as the seasons change.

11. This photo shows part of perimeter walking path encircling the forest. This path is along the Eastern border headed North, and back towards the stable and open pasture.

12. The entire 41 acres are managed by GreenWay as a bird sanctuary.

Many species of migrating birds visit us on their travels. An important goal of the conservation design is to protect and expand nesting sites, forested land and other critical wildlife habitats. We are blessed with three occupied Martin houses. There is also a Blue Bird trail along the creek and pastures.

We have planned an extensive permaculture landscape design to include tree and shrub planting, and edible plants that enhance bird habitat. Since 2002, we have planted over 300 trees and shrubs.

13. This is a stand of Autumn Olive (Eleaganus umbellata Thunb.) that we planted in 2003.

The closely spaced plants form a thicket that provides food and cover for wildlife. It’s under story gives shade and soil stabilization on a dangerously steep slope in the main pasture.

Autumn Olive is a nitrogen fixing woody shrub An individual plant can produce up to 8 pounds of fruit which help feed the migrating birds.

14. Every year GreenWay grows greener with plantings for wildlife and privacy. This steep hillside along Wing Walker Way is too dangerous to mow. In the long term, we feel it’s also too time and resource consuming to weed wack, (fuel, labor, and noisy). In 2006 members of the community got together and planted over 300 seedlings of Eastern white pine (Pinus strobes) and Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) from the Virginia Department of Forestry.

We used burlap bags as mulch to give the seedlings protective ground cover and protection from other plants and the sun. Burlap bags are excellent mulch as they provide a breathing micro climate underneath that helps to keep molds down. In the moist nights the fiber collects and gets saturated with dew that helps the plants survive dry spells. The burlap bags were given to us free from Lexington Coffee Roasters. Otherwise they go to the land fill. The bags eventually decompose and help form a thin layer of soil. In about 5 years some of the evergreen trees will be thinned and can be used for Christmas trees or relocated to other parts of GreenWay.

16. This is a full moon rise over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Every clear night we can see the Milky Way. Preserving stellar visibility, along with the quiet of the countryside, is important to us. Not having security lights or bright yard lighting in the community helps reduce light-pollution and preserve the night-scape sky.